Heat Kills 1000s in U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?
"As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities."
Source: NYTimes, 08/26/2024
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"Heat, Fires, Floods — Extreme Weather Has Affected 99% Of Americans"
"Extreme weather alerts for dangerous heat, wildfires, storms, flooding and other hazards have affected nearly everyone in the United States over the past few months."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2024
"Calif. Legislators Say New Laws Must Protect Farmworkers From Extreme Heat"
"State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat protection laws, said new legislation is needed to protect employees amid escalating periods of extreme heat."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2024
"New York City’s Trees Work Hard. Still, They Could Use a Little Help."
"A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it."
Source: NYTimes, 08/21/2024
"Pressure Mounts On Methane-Polluting Oregon Landfill To Clean Up Its Act"
"Nearby residents have been sounding the alarm about Coffin Butte Landfill for years. Now Sen. Jeff Merkley and other members of Congress are demanding action."
Source: Canary Media, 08/21/2024
"These Books Delve Into Summer’s Climate-Charged Dark Side"
"Summer now has a darker side – or rather a too-brightly burning and dangerously hot side. And that side is making summer the most dangerous season of the year. This month’s bookshelf focuses on two summer dangers: heat waves and wildfires."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 08/20/2024
"Keeping The Homeless Hydrated In America's Hottest Big City"
"A Context photographer rode along with medics bringing vital heat relief to people living on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona"
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/19/2024
"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide"
"The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education."
Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2024
"Record-Setting Heat Waves Are Baking The Arctic Region"
"Parts of the Arctic are enduring exceptionally high temperatures — up 30 to 40 degrees above normal — because of multiple intense heat domes."
Source: Washington Post, 08/16/2024
California Cuts Safety Enforcement As Farmworkers Toil In Extreme Heat
"California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers and others who toil in scorching temperatures — an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main has found."
Source: LA Times, 08/16/2024
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